If the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of a bank's services, the Prime Minister may have relevant officials enter the business office or other facilities of a bank (including a bank agent that has the bank as its principal bank), have those officials ask questions about the status of its business or property, and have them inspect its books, documents, and any other articles.
If an entry into facilities is to be made, and questioning or inspection is to be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and the Prime Minister finds it to be particularly necessary, the Prime Minister may, to the extent necessary, have relevant officials enter the facilities of a subsidiary corporation, etc. of the bank or the facilities of the person that the bank has entrusted with its services, have those officials ask questions about any particulars that are required to be asked in relation to the questioning or inspection of the bank, and have them inspect its books, documents, and any other articles.
In the cases referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, the relevant officials must carry an identification card, and must present it if a person concerned requests them to do so.
前二項の場合において、当該職員は、その身分を示す証明書を携帯し、関係人の請求があつたときは、これを提示しなければならない。
The authority under paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) must not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation purposes.
The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the questioning and inspection under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the subsidiary corporation, etc. of a bank or of the person that a bank has entrusted with its services.